Screen Lock locks all but one screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xscreensaver (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Lubuntu 20.04
xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
What I expected to happen:
Upon engaging "Lock Screen", all three of my monitors display the screensaver or nothing if the screensaver is disabled.
What happened instead:
Two of my monitors lock, while one (the same one every time) remains unchanged, its contents still visible. It cannot be interacted with since the cursor remains bound to the login window of the locked monitor next to it. See attached pic.
What I did to get around it:
Using [this](https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xscreensaver 5.42+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
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Uname: Linux 5.8.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
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CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Thu Feb 18 01:10:23 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04.2 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210204)
SourcePackage: xscreensaver
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
information type: | Private Security → Public Security |
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